Heating device (20) that is able to be mounted on a support frame of a windscreen wiper, the heating device (20) having a vertebra (24) that is able to be mounted longitudinally inside the housing in the support frame; at least one heating element (25) disposed on the vertebra (24); an electrical connector (26) comprising an electrical connection device; characterized in that the heating device (20) comprises an electrically conductive protruding element (28) in electrical contact with the heating element (25), and in that the heating device (20) is able to prevent the electrical connection device (27) from coming into contact with the heating element (25) before the vertebra (24) is in its final mounted position; and to bring the electrical connection device (27) and the protruding element (28) into contact when the vertebra (24) is in its final mounted position.

The present invention relates to a device for supporting a pair of wiper blades (12, 26; 13, 27), comprising first and second supporting grooves (14, 28), each of which is provided with a means for retaining at least one laterally extending structural element (22; 54) of two respective blades (12, 26; 13, 27) by resilient nesting. According to the invention, the supporting grooves (14, 28) are arranged side by side with a common wall, the supporting grooves having two respective openings leading into parallel and offset planes (R1, R2), the second supporting groove (28) being arranged above the first supporting groove (14) and having a substantially flared shape, wherein said openings belong to a single side of the supporting device. The present invention also relates to a supporting assembly comprising a plurality of supporting devices, and to a corresponding mounting method.

A wiper blade assembly is provided. The wiper includes an adhering member, a channel rail configured to be coupled to the adhering member, and a channel rail fixing unit configured to support the channel rail, wherein the channel rail is movable against the channel rail fixing unit in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction. A slidable movement of the channel rail from the channel rail fixing unit can be easily realized. Thus, the slidability of the channel rail can be improved, and as a result, the performance of a wiper can be improved.

A windscreen wiper blade includes a blade body, a blade rubber, and a yoke. The blade body includes first and second locks. The yoke is made of a metal plate and includes a first extension and a blade rubber retainer. The first extension has a fitting bead which the first lock engages. The blade rubber retainer extends from the first extension and retains the blade rubber. The yoke also includes second and third extensions. The second extension extends away from the blade rubber from an end of the first extension located away from the fitting bead. The third extension has a locking hole in which the second lock is fit and extends toward the blade rubber from an end of the second extension located away from the first extension. The yoke includes a burned portion defining a boundary between the second and third extension. The second and third extensions overlap.

The present invention relates to a device including a wiper blade having a length measured from a first end of the wiper blade to a second end of the wiper blade that is adjustable without removal of material of the wiper blade and a housing removably connected to the wiper blade. The present invention also relates to a method of adjusting a length of a wiper blade including providing a wiper blade having a first length and adjusting said wiper blade to have a second length different than the first length without removal of material of the wiper blade.

A vehicle wiper assembly includes a wiper blade having a length, and an active material disposed along the length of the wiper blade and coupled thereto. The active material includes a shape memory alloy material with a crystallographic phase that is changeable between austenite and martensite, and is elastically deformable and operatively applies a spring force against a portion of the wiper blade when the crystallographic phase is martensite.

A wiper blade (1) for a windshield wiper arrangement (10) includes a base body (2), which extends along a longitudinal direction (25), and a heating element (3), which is designed to heat the wiper blade (1). The base body (2) includes a fastening rail (4) having a fastening groove (5) in which the heating element (3) can be fastened. The fastening groove (5) is open on one side in an opening direction (26) orthogonal to the longitudinal direction (25), and the fastening rail (4) includes fastening arms (41) configured to retain the heating element (3) in the fastening groove (5).

This blade rubber has a high level of an ability to follow various shapes of surfaces to be wiped and excellent wiping performance. In a blade rubber that is made of an elastic member containing polyurethane and cleans the surface of a member to be cleaned by bringing a part of the elastic member into contact with the surface of the member to be cleaned, when the storage elastic modulus of the blade rubber at a vibration frequency of 110.sup.3 Hz in an environment of 8 C. is E(1), and the storage elastic modulus at a vibration frequency of 110.sup.4 Hz is E(2), E(1) is 12.0 to 18.0 MPa, and E(2) is 530 to 1500 MPa.

The wiper blade includes a connecting member mounted on a wiper arm, a blade rubber mounted on the connecting member, and a washer unit mounted on a second long side wall portion and spraying first washer fluid to fourth washer fluid. The washer unit includes a cover member, a valve member disposed between the second long side wall portion and the cover member, first flow path to fourth flow path disposed between the cover member and the valve member, and first spray hole to fourth spray hole provided on the downstream side of the first flow path to the fourth flow path. The first spray hole to the fourth spray hole are disposed closer to a surface of a windshield glass than a connecting pin (axial center) that connects the wiper arm and the connecting member.

A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device (1) for a rod-like extension (2) of an oscillating arm, wherein said rod-like extension (2) can be pivotally connected to said connecting device (1) about a pivot axis near a free end thereof, wherein said connecting device (1) comprises a channel (15) arranged to receive said rod-like extension (2), wherein the connecting device (1) comprises a first and a second retention mechanism for retaining said rod-like extension (2) on said connecting device (1), wherein said first and second retaining mechanisms are arranged to engage in a first, respectively second recess provided on at least one longitudinal exterior side (18a, 18b) of said rod-like extension (2), wherein said channel (15) at least at the entrance and at the opposite end of said entrance has the same width for receiving a rod-like extension (2) having a substantially constant width along the distal end thereof.